I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this timely meeting. Let me join others in thanking the Foreign Ministers of Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Portugal, as well as Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mutaboba, for their statements and briefings on Guinea-Bissau today. We …
South Africa has always been deeply concerned about the deteriorating political, security and humanitarian situation in Syria. We emphasize that there is a need for the violence to cease. South Africa strongly supports the efforts of Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan, which have the ultimate aim of com…
I, too, wish to thank Ambassador Osorio for his briefing to the Council today on the 90-day report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
South Africa continues to support the resolution of the issues involved with Iran’s nuclear programme through peaceful means and dialog…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for introducing the quarterly report of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan (S/2012/133). South Africa welcomes the participation of the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Zahir Tanin, at this debate, and …
South Africa expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his briefing to the Council. We thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for organizing this important debate. It is indeed important that we reflect on the momentous events that have resulted in significant pol…
We would like to thank Mr. Mariano Fernández, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive statement. At the outset, we wish to express and reiterate our continued support for the United Nations efforts in Haiti.
Haiti has undergone significant change since its emergence f…
We would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your delegation for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. We welcome you, Minister Bellingham, and we are particularly pleased to have you preside over this important debate. Your presence here is the best testim…
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, Sir, and your delegation for organizing this important discussion. We thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his informative briefing on the report of the assessment mission on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (se…
I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Margot Wallström and to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, for their briefings this morning. Our delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General …
I thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2012/50) and thank the Legal Counsel, Ms. Patricia O’Brien, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yuri Fedotov, for their briefings.
South Africa remains concerned at the continued incidents of piracy off the…
South Africa welcomes the adoption of resolution 2036 (2012) on enhancing the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The resolution comes at a critical stage when the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia continues to make significant progress in the implementation of the road map, as witne…
It is a pleasure for us to see you presiding over this meeting, Sir. My delegation wishes once more to welcome His Excellency Mr. José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to the Security Council. We welcome his report on the progress attained by his country. We also wis…
My delegation is pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over our meeting today. We welcome President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé of Togo to the Council and are pleased that he has personally participated in this meeting. We congratulate Togo for organizing this
debate on the impact of drug tra…
My delegation joins others in welcoming the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Minister Eamon Gilmore, to the Security Council. We wish to thank him for his briefing on the work of the OSCE. As Minister Gilmore stated, Ireland’s own experience in…
South Africa would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Edmond Mulet for his briefing today on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also welcome the participation of Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif by video teleconference in this me…
Let me start by congratulating you, Sir, and Togo on your assumption of the Council presidency for the month of February. Please be assured of South Africa’s full support.
The world is watching with great concern as the crisis in Syria unfolds and degenerates by the day, claiming civilian lives and…
My delegation wishes to thank Ambassador Néstor Osorio, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), for his briefing today.
South Africa has maintained its commitment to the mutually reinforcing relationship among disarmament, non-proliferation and the ri…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Ladsous for introducing the quarterly report of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan (S/2011/772*). We also thank the former Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his invaluable assessments. We thank him for the dedication and …
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the subject of strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations (A/66/345).
My delegation recognizes the achievements of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of …
Allow me to thank President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Judge Theodor Meron and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Judge Khalida Rachid Khan for their briefings. We also express our gratitude to the Prosecutor of the ICTY, Mr. Serg…
